Keswick Multi-Care Services has a long history in Baltimore providing healthcare services for aging populations from its campus location in Hampden where it provides skilled nursing and rehabilitation services.
But four years ago, the organization saw a shift toward providing services to a person before they needed to leave home. A big focus, said Keswick President and CEO Carmel Roques, was on extending care to people who were still living at home, and taking steps that focused on preventative care and how a person’s environment influences their heatlh. To provide this care, the organization spun out a new nonprofit called Keswick Community Health.
“Our board made a decision that we could have the kind of mission impact we wanted to have by addressing programs and service initiatives to those who were living in the community, and integrating that with the campus based services,” Roques said. Over the next few years, Roques expects the nonprofit to grow. It recently opened a hub called the Wise & Well Center for Healthy Living that emphasizes classes and coaching, rather than treatment.
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